Are we abandoning intubating supraglottic airway devices? We should not!

Can J Anaesth

Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Rm. 7-405, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada.

Published: December 2023

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